“In 1945, Truman’s decision to drop two atomic bombs was grim—but it ended a war that could have cost millions more lives on both sides and unleashed even greater horrors.”
Are you convinced by the arguments in this informative article? Does it settle the controversy?
Just think how much better football games would be if all the Monday morning quarterbacks could have their way.
It’s easy to stand on the sidelines years after the fact and claim moral superiority by second guessing the decisions that were made at the time. I think it was the right decision and it was a consequence the Japanese brought on themselves.
Considering all the facts he mentions, I guess, as he concludes, the alternatives would have been worse.